Syllable Desktop is a complete operating system that is easy to use, powerful, lightweight and extraordinarily fast and responsive. It has its own kernel, filesystem, GUI and applications. Syllable Server is a matching small and efficient Linux server.

Just like alanine is an essential amino acid needed for protein synthesis, a garbage collector is needed for every modern operating system. AL4nin tries to be that for an L4 based Dylan OS. See design document at http://www.gwydiondylan.org/papers/